My elbows are recovering slowly, but part from that I feel pretty fit. Fontainebleau was the first outdoor trip after Kandersteg last summer. I love the Fontainebleau forest in April. Spring is in the air. If it’s dry, the friction is high. And if you’re lucky the sun breaks the clouds to help warm up your muscles. Here is a small impression of 6 pictures. …Read more »
So, I went to Kandersteg this summer and got pain in both my elbows after the second climbing day. It was a very nice holiday, but I haven’t climbed much since. Perhaps this is related to the amount of blogposts lately. But hey, in about three months this website is online for ten years, so I think I deserve a break once in a while. Here’s a video of my holiday. Climbing in Switzerland in the area’s Kandersteg and Blausee. This is my first attempt of making a short bouldering movie. Shot with a Canon IXUS 300 HS and edited in Windows Movie Maker. Gear for the pro’s. Hope you like it. …Read more »
At the 1st and 2nd of June the IFSC Boulder World Cup Vail takes place as part of the Teva Mountain Games 2012. A surprise on the startlist is the English outdoor boulderer Tyler Landman, who’s studying in the USA. This boulder world cup will be his second ever. He reached the finals in his first world cup, also in Vail, in 2008. …Read more »
The next boulder world cup will start tomorrow at 10:00 in Innsbruck, Austria. 124 athletes will try to qualify for the semi finals. In the world cup ranking of the men Gelmanov is far ahead of Sharafutdinov and Glairon Mondet. In the womens worldcup ranking Noguchi is leading in front of Markovic and Stöhr. …Read more »

At the end of October 2011 the Petzl RocTrip took place in the Getu Valley in China. A 23 minute long video of the event is now online and worth watching. …Read more »
9 hours to go before the start of the third boulder world cup of the season in Vienna, Austria. Womens qualification will start at 19:15 instead of 16:30 because the sun will be very strong in the evening and the conditions for the athletes would vary dramatically. Another interesting thing is that the men and women finals will not be climbed at the same time. …Read more »
It’s here! 5 + 6, 3975 straight ups in central and southern Fontainebleau. This latest Fontainebleau guide has the same set up as the well known ‘7 + 8’ and gives a complete and clear overview of the medium difficult boulder problems in central and southern Fontainebleau. The guide will be printed in full color and describes 3975 problems from 5- up to 6c+. …Read more »
The boulder world cup circuit was in China last weekend and will be heading to Slovenia now for the second world cup of the season in Log - Dragomer. The qualifications will be on Saturday the 21st, the semi finals and finals on Sunday the 22nd. On the startlist you’ll find 125 athletes, a lot more than in China. …Read more »
The waiting is over! This friday the worldcup season 2012 will start with a boulder and speed worldcup in Chongqing, China. The startlist can be found here at the ifsc website. Kilian Fischhuber will not be in China because he’s competing in the Austrian National Championship, so the Russian trio Rubtsov, Gelmanov and Sharafutdinov will definitely grab a medal …or two. Anna Stöhr however, didn’t fly from Austria to China on her own, she took the strong leadclimber Jakob Schubert with her. …Read more »
We have two winners of the Monkee prize question: Stefan and Aukje, both from The Netherlands. Aukje is a true eco-activist and loves to check her kid for fleas. Stefan is a true Monkee beating his chest after his ascents, making impression on other (and especially female) Monkees. At this moment he can be seen in the wild in South Africa. Congrats! The Monkee shirts and chalkbags will come your way.
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